In professional ballet, the female dancer often appears light and airy and seems to float lightly into the air without effort performing en pointe (on the tips of the toes). By contrast, the male ...

Before joining the board of directors of A.V.A. Ballet Theatre, the resident ballet company of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, my knowledge of ballet would fit in a thimble. Three quarters ...

Teacher Renee Grinsted with students L to R Jasmin Liew 10, Emilie Hughes 10, Lisa Jamieson 10, Laura McLean 11, Jamie Bogemann 7, Tiombe Davey 7 at the En Pointe School of Ballet at St Luke's ...

Live with Kelly and Ryan is teaming up with American Ballet Theatre principal dancers to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Most Ballet Dancers En Pointe Simultaneously Kelly Ripa: talk ...

If there were any lingering doubts about the transparent strength and athleticism of dancers, they have surely been quashed thanks to the recent rash of bad-ass ballerinas on screen. And as with any ...

Pointe shoes made the ballerinas of the New York City Ballet into technological artifacts, modern and indistinguishable "like IBM machines" Ballet pointe shoes are not typically thought of as ...

The way that ballet dancer Ashton Edwards leaps through the air is pure art. The fact that he does it in pointe shoes is a rare feat. Ballet traditionally has very divided roles for men and women. Men ...

If you take one look at Kelly Ripa in a bikini, you know the woman is fit AF. Well, apparently she has some serious ballet skills too, because she just shared a photo on Instagram that’s straight-up ...

When Katie Warren started dancing ballet at 2 years old, she told her mother that she wanted to dance long enough to get the “pretty shoes” — the pale pink satin toe shoes adorned with flowing ribbon ...

As the fashion choreographer of the afternoon, designer Christian Siriano was en pointe in the execution of his ballet-inspired Spring 2013 collection at New York Fashion Week. In his notes, the ...